Canadian IT Manager's Blog
Broadly connecting Canadian Infrastructure and Development Managers through career, industry and technology insight.
Journal: LA, CES in Vegas, ACM NYC, FEAPO, UNESCO Paris
Wishing you a happy and rewarding 2013! I was in LA, Irvine, Long Beach, Claremont in Southern...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 01/05/2013
DEVELOPER MOVEMENT CHALLENGE
The Developer Movement Challenge builds on our successful incentive program for building apps....
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 12/18/2012
Chat - David Foote, CEO Foote Partners, World Renowned ICT Research Pioneer and Executive
David Foote, Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Research Officer David Foote is an IT industry research...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 12/17/2012
Free training: Windows Store app development for iOS developers
Event Date Thursday Dec 13, 2012 - 9 to 5 PM Friday Dec 14, 2011 - 9 to 5 PM Event Location Live...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 12/12/2012
Rob Clyde, CEO Adaptive Computing, Global ICT Industry Pioneer and Top-Ranking Executive
A recognized industry leader, Rob has over twenty-five years' experience as an enterprise software...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 12/09/2012
SQL Server 2000 End of Support - April, 2013
There are some important support changes coming up for Microsoft SQL Server, per Microsoft’s...
Author: Chris Di Lullo Date: 12/06/2012
December 14 - Free Toronto Workshop for Developers: Building Apps for Microsoft Office and SharePoint 2013 using Web Technologies
Workshop Description What if you could build Microsoft Office and SharePoint 2013 productivity...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 12/04/2012
Video: Windows 8 - enabling flexible workstyles (episode 1)
Good Video Source… (Source: TechNet Flash Newsletter - Volume 14, Issue 26 | November 28, 2012)...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 12/04/2012
Chat Dr. Maria Klawe, Pioneering World-Renowned Computer Scientist and Executive Leader, shares her past to current career years — Part 2
This is the final interview in a four-part interview series where we explored Maria's considerable...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 12/03/2012
Pure Imagination: Video Interview with Grant Skinner
Check out the video interview with Grant Skinner at FITC Vancouver. During the video interview,...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 11/29/2012
Chat Marios Damianides Partner Ernst and Young, Global Authority in Security and Risk Management
Marios Damianides is a partner with Ernst & Young in the Risk Advisory Services division in New...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 11/25/2012
Windows Phone 8 API Mapping Poster
Find the Windows Phone API Quick Start Here
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 11/23/2012
New Jump Start for Developers! Build Windows Phone 8 Apps. Register Now.
Microsoft Learning is thrilled to announce a new Jump Start for developers focused on building apps...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 11/22/2012
Windows 8: Pure Imagination–Last Chance to Register
November 23-25, 2012 Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University Windows 8: Pure Imagination...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 11/21/2012
Navigating Windows 8 on a desktop PC
Graham Jones, as a top engineer created many innovations and more recently led the Canadian user...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 11/19/2012
Show the world the power of Windows 8
November 23-25, 2012 Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University Windows 8: Pure Imagination...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 11/13/2012
Managers and Teams Winning in the Cloud
Learn all about Microsoft Private Cloud with: Free evaluations (trials) of Windows Server 2012 and...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 11/13/2012
Microsoft Breakthrough in speech translation technology
Microsoft Chief Research Officer Rick Rashid demonstrates a speech recognition breakthrough via...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 11/13/2012
Insert IT Innovator Here
As a manager it can be difficult to balance the career and skills development you want your team to...
Author: Chris Di Lullo Date: 11/06/2012
Windows 8 area on Channel 9
Channel 9 has announced a variety of series focused on Windows 8 in video form. Introducing Windows...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 10/30/2012
Chat-Dharmesh Mehta Top Global Cool Tech Authority and Senior Director Microsoft Corp
This week, I showcase this exclusive interview with Dharmesh Mehta. As senior director of product...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 10/29/2012
ACM Webinar: Condos and Clouds: Patterns in SaaS Applications
Register NOW to attend the next free ACM Learning Webinar, "Condos and Clouds: Patterns in SaaS...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 10/29/2012
Meet Windows 8
It’s a big day for Microsoft with the launch of Windows 8 and the Surface. It’s the start of a new...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 10/26/2012
Virtualization and Private Cloud Infographic - Windows Server 2012
When it comes to new products, it can be tough to know when you should dive in. It takes a lot of...
Author: Chris Di Lullo Date: 10/18/2012
The Global Relationship Study & You
Feedback is central to much of what we do at Microsoft Canada. In the same way that you solicit...
Author: Chris Di Lullo Date: 10/10/2012
Jerry Luftman Founding Managing Director Global Institute for IT Management, Internationally Acclaimed Leader in Strategic Management
Jerry Luftman's career includes strategic positions in management (Information Technology and...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 10/08/2012
On The Next AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: Challenges of Today’s Modern Apps
The consumerization of IT means end-users have bigger ideas and higher expectations. Now, IT must...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 10/07/2012
Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF) and the Private Cloud
Guest blog post by Jerry Dyer, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft - a man very passionate about...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 09/28/2012
Rise to the Modern App Challenge
Consumers are defining the standards for today’s technology. Discover development solutions that...
Author: Jonathan Rozenblit Date: 09/24/2012
Journal: IFIP WCC, Week of Inspiration, ACM, IP3, GIC
I’m on the road until October 2nd. Next week in New York at the ACM Practitioner Board meeting. I...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 09/10/2012
Chat update: Namir Anani CEO ICTC as video slide presentation
A few weeks ago, I shared my chat with Namir Anani, CEO of ICTC. Here’s the podcast as a video slide...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 09/10/2012
How does Hyper-V compare to VMware?
That’s a pretty popular question these days with the release of Windows Server 2012 and the pending...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 09/06/2012
Windows Server 2012 launched today!
While there are many Microsoft product launches happening this year, this one is near and dear to my...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 09/04/2012
Roy Freed, Computer Law Global Pioneer on Computers, Mind, Information and its Serious Implications
About Roy Freed Roy graduated from Yale Law School in 1940. He is known as the "grandfather of...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 09/03/2012
Workshop on Enterprise-Aligned Software Engineering (EASE'12) at International Symposium on Foundations of Software Engineering
Workshop submission deadline: 19 September 2012 Workshop date: 12 November 2012 Co-organizers: Leon...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 08/29/2012
On the Next AlignIT Manager Tech Talk: The Complete Cloud Picture–Stories from the Trenches
As children we are enthralled by the stories that we hear. Stories teach us and fire our...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 08/28/2012
Chat: Dr. Maria Klawe Pioneering World-Renowned Computer Scientist and Executive Leader, shares her past to current career years — Part 1
Harvey Mudd College is led by Maria Klawe, HMC's fifth president who began her tenure in 2006. A...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 08/26/2012
ACM Learning Webinar, Thurs, Sept. 20: "Recommender Systems: The Power of Personalization"
Free ACM Learning Webinar, Thurs, Sept. 20: "Recommender Systems: The Power of...
Author: Stephen.Ibaraki Microsoft MVP Date: 08/26/2012
Windows Server 2012 Canadian Launch Tour and IT Camp Events
Looking for IT Camp registration links? Scroll down! With Windows Server 2012 becoming generally...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 08/24/2012
A new look–after 25 years, it’s about time!
Today the new logo for our company was unveiled and I must say that I like what I see. Clean lines,...
Author: Ruth Morton Date: 08/23/2012